""So Israel, in disarming Hezboallah, is acting strictly in accord with UNSCR 1701.""

1). They are not disarming Hezbollah if Hezbollah possesses 10,000 rockets and Israel destroys one convoy which, remember, was "believed" to be headed for Hezbollah. There's far too little certainty in that.

2). They acted within the borders of Syria, which at this point is not actively engaged on either side, having more than enough problems of its own. They did so on the basis of a "belief" or "indications".

3). You say they are following the requirements of UNSCR 1701, yet the UN's own forces, UNIFIL have declined to disarm Hezbollah. The UN cannot be for and against disarmament, so who is doing its actual bidding? I'd say that circumstances have changed and that is born out, at least to some extent, by the fact that Hezbollah are neither firing, nor threatening to fire, any of those 10,000 rockets.

Turning one of your favourite arguments back, are you BB, setting different standards for Israel than for any of its neighbours. You always say that Israel has a right to defend itself.

Does Lebanon not have that right?....Does Iran?....Does Syria?, or Egypt?, or Jordan?

With Israel as a neighbour, do you think that no other Middle East Country than Israel should be capable of self defense?

If so Why?....To make an Israeli takeover easier?

Don T.